About the Authors

Bianca Schwartbeck

Contributed equally to this work with: Bianca Schwartbeck, Johannes Birtel

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Clinics Münster, Germany

Johannes Birtel

Contributed equally to this work with: Bianca Schwartbeck, Johannes Birtel

Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Clinics Münster, Germany, Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, United States of America

Janina Treffon

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Clinics Münster, Germany

Lars Langhanki

Affiliation Institute for Hygiene, University Clinics Münster, Germany

Alexander Mellmann

Affiliation Institute for Hygiene, University Clinics Münster, Germany

Devika Kale

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Clinics Münster, Germany

Janina Kahl

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Clinics Münster, Germany

Nina Hirschhausen

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Clinics Münster, Germany

Claudia Neumann

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Clinics Münster, Germany

Jean C. Lee

Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, United States of America

Friedrich Götz

Affiliation Department of Microbial Genetics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Holger Rohde

Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Virologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Hanae Henke

Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Virologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Peter Küster

Affiliation Pediatric Department Clemenshospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Georg Peters

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Clinics Münster, Germany

Barbara C. Kahl

kahl@uni-muenster.de

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Clinics Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JB BS JT BCK. Data curation: JB BS JT HH HR JCL AM LL BCK. Formal analysis: BS JCL HR AM BCK. Funding acquisition: BCK. Investigation: JB BS JT DK NH CN JK HH AM LL. Methodology: JB BS JT AM LL BCK. Project administration: BCK. Resources: PK FG. Supervision: JCL HR GP AM BCK. Validation: JB BS JT HR JCL AM LL BCK. Visualization: JB BS JT HH HR JCL LL AM BCK. Writing – original draft: JB BS JT JCL LL AM BCK. Writing – review & editing: JB BS JT HH HR JCL GP FG LL AM BCK.